[Travis McGee]

It was an idiot idea to try to find one camo pattern and shade that would work well in all environments from the Arctic to deserts to jungles to urban areas etc.

The best they could do was one bad camo pattern for everywhere.

[treetopsandroofs]

I seem to remember a few of the new camo colors....

Desert colors, brown and white hues.
Green pixelated hues for jungles.....

Are we going to simply accept another Big Media headline story as truth?

[Red Badger]

The new Army cammy colors..........

[imardmd1]

The best they could do was one bad camo pattern for everywhere.

Sounds like when these field jackets hit the Army/Navy stores they'll be good for everything but hunting --- /s

[Joe Brower]

Pirated from CADPAT or not, the woodland MARPAT works better than anything in my AO (deep, deep south). The greens here are bright, and the sunlight's often so harsh that everything in the day is either brilliantly lit or in total shadow -- most eyes just can't discriminate various dark shades when the pupil is narrowed to protect the retina.

When it's wet (and that's common too), MARPAT becomes even more effective. I read later that was noted in testing early on.

Problem with MARPAT, well, isn't with MARPAT per se -- it's their construction, at least as the USMC does things. The 50/50 NyCo fabric is comfortable and wears like iron. However, in this climate of 90f temps and 90% humidity, the fabric in these needs to be half the weight to keep you from heat stroke in the first hour. Can't have everything, I suppose. So I keep the trousers and wear 100% cotton above that -- t-shirts are available from all the usual sources, both short and long sleeve, in woodland MARPAT. So they don't have the EGA in the pattern -- oh well!

Please be advised that all this is a result of my own tests on the subject, and individual mileage (and opinions) will vary.